Vocabulary #02 Flashcards
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celerity
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cheerful speed
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cerebral
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intellectual
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circumscribed
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isolated
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cloying
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saccharine
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confound
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perplex
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conjecture
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guess
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constituent
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voter
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consummate
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complete; perfect
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curtail
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abridge; cut short
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debased
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morally low
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decorous
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having propriety
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denuded
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made ineffective
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desultory
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aimless
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diaphanous
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sheer, gauzy
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didactic
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relating to instruction
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dilatory
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aimless
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din
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noise
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dirge
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funeral song
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discomfited
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embarrassed
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discretionary
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showing prudence
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disingenuous
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dishonest
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disposed
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behaviorally inclined
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edifice
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building
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effigy
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sculpture or model of a person
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egregious
blatantly wrong
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emollient
soothing lotion
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enervate
drain of energy
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empirical
based on data and evidence
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enfranchise
free from slavery; bestow the right to vote
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epitaph
words inscribed on a tomb
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espouse
support
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expurgate
delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
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extant
existing
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felicitous
suitable
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fabrication
lie
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flotilla
fleet of ships
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flotsam
wreckage, debris floating around
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galvanize
incite
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gingerly
carefully
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grovel
beg or plead
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hapless
unfortunate
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harbinger
omen
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histrionic
melodramatic
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hermetic
sealed in an airtight manner
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incantation
invocation
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inchoate
not fully formed
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incisive
harsh; vitriolic
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incumbent
one who holds political office
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indelible
permanent
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ineffable
incapable of expression in words
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inexorable
steadfast; resolute
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inflammatory
likely to excite rage or disorder
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insular
isolated; remote
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intemperate
excessive; immoderate
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interlocutor
one who participates in conversation or dialogue
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intractable
hard to control
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jaded
bored from too much pleasure or overindulgence
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jingoism
aggressive touting of one;s patriotism
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juggernaut
relentless force
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juxtapose
place things side by side for the sake of comparing
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kinetic
relating to motion and energy
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leviathon
something huge
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licentious
morally lax
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mawkishness
overly sweet sentimentality
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melee
hand-to-hand fight involving several participants
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mendacity
deceit, dishonesty, fabrication
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milieu
environment
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multifarious
varied
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munificence
kindness
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myopic
short-sighted
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naiveté
lack of experience or sophistication
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nondescript
featureless
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nonplussed
confused to the point of being unable to act or speak
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obfuscate
obscure the meaning of
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obliged
forced
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obstreperous
unruly, argumentative
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olfactory
relating to the sense of smell
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onerous
burdensome
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opprobrium
scorn
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ostensible
apparent
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panacea
cure-all
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partisan
biased
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pathos
empathy
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pedagogic
relating to education
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perfidious
disloyal
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petulant
irritable
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plaudit
praise
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pontificate
speak in a supercilious and self-important manner
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precept
rule of behavior or action
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precipitate
make happen before planned
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prescience
foresight
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probity
honesty, integrity
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profligate
prodigal
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proliferate
reproduce or multiply quickly
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promulgate
make known
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prose
writing that is not poetry
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prowess
valor, skill
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pundit
erudite
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quibble
find fault with
